Family Coping Strategies During Finland’s COVID-19 Lockdown

Milla Salin, Anniina Kaittila, Mia Hakovirta and Mari Anttila
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Milla Salin: Department of Social Research, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland
Anniina Kaittila: Department of Social Research, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland
Mia Hakovirta: Department of Social Research, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland
Mari Anttila: Department of Social Research, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 21, 1-13

Abstract: During spring 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and global lockdowns fundamentally changed families’ everyday lives. This study aims to examine how families with children coped during the COVID-19 lockdown in Finland and what kind of coping strategies they developed. An online survey including both qualitative and quantitative questions was conducted between April and May 2020 to gather Finnish families’ experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown. In this study, we focus on information from one open-ended question, and Huston’s social-ecological theory was used as an analytical framework. The results showed that Finnish families employed coping strategies on three levels: macroenvironmental, relationship, and individual. This supports the argument that to better understand families’ coping strategies, the macrosocietal environment surrounding families, their relationships, and the interactions between family members, as well as individual decisions and attitudes, should be taken into account.

Keywords: coping strategies; COVID-19; families; social-ecological theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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